Guide of Withering and Decay— Weaknesses & Counters

Elemental Weaknesses

Guide of Withering and Decay is weak to Ice · Wind · Quantum · Imaginary. Bring characters of these elements to break its 2400 Toughness fastest.

⚠ Dangerous moves to watch out for

To Die in Aromatic Pain

This skill is flagged as a dangerous, telegraphed move in the game's source data — prepare to guard or dodge when you see the wind-up.

Death Wishes For More Death

This skill is flagged as a dangerous, telegraphed move in the game's source data — prepare to guard or dodge when you see the wind-up.

Summoned minions

The Long Arms of Sorrow

Base stats (multiplier base)

Base values before mode multipliers — the enemy's real stats in each mode are these numbers times the multiplier shown in the versions table below.

HP 46,500

ATK 18

DEF 210

SPD 144

Elemental RES

Higher RES means the enemy takes less damage from that element. Negative RES means bonus damage taken. 0% = a weakness, full DMG lands · 20% = not a weakness, DMG reduced 20% · 40%+ = this enemy strongly resists that element.

Physical 20%

Fire 20%

Ice 0%

Lightning 20%

Wind 0%

Quantum 0%

Imaginary 0%

Best counters

Characters matching this enemy's weaknesses — they break Toughness fastest. Break 2400 Toughness points before you can deal Weakness Break DMG.

Anaxa SS

Castorice SS

Evernight SS

Huohuo SS

Hyacine SS

Silver Wolf LV.999 SS

Sparkle SS

Sunday SS

Calculate Anaxa's damage vs this enemy →

Enemy versions

The same enemy appears across modes with different stat multipliers and RES values.

All variants of this monster share the exact same stats — no differences between them.

How to beat it

Derived straight from this enemy’s own numbers — not generic advice.

Bring Ice · Wind · Quantum · Imaginary characters to break its Toughness — other elements barely dent it.
It resists crowd control by 50% — binds, imprisons and turn-delays mostly fail. Don’t build around control.
It has damage-over-time attacks — bring a healer or shielder, don’t run all-out damage.

Skills

Straight from the game — knowing what it is about to do is how you prepare for it.

To Stay the Fallen Ability

Deals Quantum DMG to one target. If "Guide of Withering and Decay" is in the "Fragrance of Death" state, additionally deals Quantum "Atrophy DMG".

To Bury the Slumbered Ability

Deals massive Quantum DMG to all targets, with the DMG distributed evenly among all target units. If "Guide of Withering and Decay" is in the "Fragrance of Death" state, additionally deals Quantum "Atrophy DMG" to each target.

To Mourn the Departing Ability

Deals Quantum "Atrophy DMG" to 3 random targets.

Bitterness Delivers Belated Evil News Ability

Causes all "The Long Arms of Sorrow" in the Weakness Broken state to dispel their Weakness Break, restore all Toughness, and immediately take action.

To Die in Aromatic Pain Ability

Enters the "Fragrance of Death" state and deals massive Quantum "Atrophy DMG" to all target characters.

Death Wishes For More Death Ability

Deals Quantum "Atrophy DMG" to all targets. Deals fatal damage to targets in the "Death Rattle" state.

Inky Fog of a Near-Death Dream Talent

Decreases the initial DMG this unit receives, and grants Toughness Protection state. When targets lose HP, they accumulate "Desperate Bubble." When "Desperate Bubble" reaches the maximum, this unit enters the "Fragrance of Death" state. Under that state, removes this unit's DMG Reduction and Toughness Protection states. When "Fragrance of Death" is dispelled, this unit takes DMG and enters Weakness Break state.

Because I Could Not Stop For Death Talent

When "Guide of Withering and Decay" or "The Long Arms of Sorrow" attacks a target with an ability, applies a special Unremovable DoT state to the target. While under this state, the higher the target's HP percentage is, the more DMG they take.

Dying Struggle Talent

All targets in the battle are inflicted with the "Overloadable" state. Targets in the "Death Rattle" state deal greatly reduced DMG and have greatly reduced Weakness Break Efficiency. If targets remain in the "Death Rattle" state for a certain number of turns, they will receive fatal damage.

Flesh-Corroding Retaliation Talent

When the "Guide of Withering and Decay" is in the "Dream of Demise" state, "The Long Arms of Sorrow" will gain the "Corrosive Retaliation" state.

Brilliance-Devouring Abyss Talent

"Guide of Withering and Decay" has no Weakness. When "The Long Arms of Sorrow" is in the Weakness Broken state, its initial Weakness will be added to all other enemy targets until it recovers from the Weakness Broken state.

Publisher Battle Tips

Original tactical notes straight from the publisher — not our own advice.

Boss Mirage and its summons take 50% less DMG. After its Weakness is broken, its action is additionally delayed and the DMG it receives increases by 100%.
In this combat, ally targets' HP will not drop below 1, and any DMG taken exceeding a certain amount of their current HP will be converted into "HP Overload." Ally units in the "HP Overload" state will have their DMG dealt and Weakness Break Efficiency greatly reduced.
When an ally target's HP decreases, the Boss Mirage in "Dream of Demise" state will accumulate "Desperate Bubble." When "Desperate Bubble" reaches its maximum, Boss Mirage enters the "Fragrance of Death" state, greatly enhancing the abilities of Boss Mirage and its summons.

Stats By Level

Real HP/ATK/DEF at common level milestones, derived from base stats × level-scaling ratios published by the developer.

Lv	HP	ATK	DEF
1	37,200	12	210
20	140,678	53	400
40	442,893	155	600
60	2,451,673	338	800
80	6,882,512	552	1,000
100	16,918,568	773	1,200

Debuff resistance

These numbers decide whether your crowd control lands at all.

Crowd Control Resist 50%

FAQ

What is Guide of Withering and Decay weak to?

Guide of Withering and Decay is weak to Ice · Wind · Quantum · Imaginary — hitting this element breaks its Toughness faster.

What rank is Guide of Withering and Decay and how much Toughness does it have?

Guide of Withering and Decay is a Elite Boss with base Toughness 2400.

How many recorded skills does Guide of Withering and Decay have?

This page records 11 skills for Guide of Withering and Decay from official game data.

Profile

Netherwing, slumbering dormant in the River of Souls, has been reawakened by an alchemical summoning and morphed into a thing of rot and decay. It once was the Death Titan, swimming upstream in the River of Souls' currents, leaving the realm of non-existence and stranded in the mortal world. Once, they followed the tides of the River of Souls to drown the living lands, branding all things in Amphoreus with a fated end. All the existences that will die or have died will feel a shudder in the depths of their souls with the dragon's return.

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